Intimate Secrets (The Love and Danger Series) Read Online Free PDF Page A

from my car.  I was at the school and it was there.  There were maybe five or ten minutes before school started, so I guess it was about seven forty-five or seven fifty when I found the note.  I arrive at school each day around seven thirty, so there was maybe a fifteen or twenty minute window where the guy could have dropped off the note.”  She took a deep breath and closed her eyes.  “I asked the other teachers that were in the parking lot if they’d seen anyone come close to my car but none had.  So I couldn’t even guess if it was the same guy or not.”
    He gripped his coffee cup in his hand, fighting the urge to race out of the coffee shop and bash something, anything.  He didn’t understand the anger he was feeling simply because Amy was in trouble.  He should feel nothing more than what he normally felt when dealing with a criminal case. 
    “Let me see it,” he commanded, ignoring what he should be feeling and going with what he knew he was feeling.  If his anger meant he would solve this problem faster, it was all good. 
    Amy took a deep, shuddering breath, then pulled a plastic baggie out of her purse, placing it on the table between them.
    “Good job on not getting your prints on it or disturbing anyone else’s possible prints,” he said a s he looked down at the words.  As he read through the text, written out with magazine letters which would obfuscate a person’s printer and handwriting style, it said only, “U R a BEAuTIful WoMAN.  I luv u!”
    Walker’s stomach tightened as he read the words again, trying to decipher what they meant other than that the stalker had made personal contact and was trying to communi cate; a definite increase in the threat level.  “The person obviously understands text shorthand, so he’s technically savvy but I can’t determine the level.”
    Amy took a breath, hiding her shaking hands under the table.  “Is there anything you can do?” she whispered, then cleared her throat, trying to pretend like she wasn’t scared out of her mind.
    Walker heard the fear and looked up from the note, seeing the terror in her pretty, grey eyes despite the fact that she was trying to act like she was strong and unaffected.  “Does your school have cameras?” he asked.
    Amy immediately shook her head. “No.  The high schools, and some of the middle schools do, but they don’t put them into the elementary schools.”  She stared down at her coffee, not taking a sip but trying to come up with some ideas.  “What about the traffic cameras?” she asked.
    Walker shook his head.  “So far, I haven’t found anything conclusive, but there are some leads I can follow up on.  I’ll pull more traffic cameras from this morning.”
    “It should be pretty easy, right?” she asked hopefully.  “I mean, if he arrived after I got there and left after school started, his car should be easy to spot, shouldn’t it?”
    Walker was shaking his head even before she finished.  “Not if he arrived earlier and left later.  Or if he walked.”  He didn’t want to scare her, but he needed her to be aware of what this perpetrator might be doing.  “I need you to be vigilant.  When you’re driving, look behind you.  If you notice a car more than once, pull into a parking lot where there are lots of people.  Don’t drive straight home either.  He might know your route.”  He sighed and scratched the rough stubble on his chin.  “I’ll see what I can find out.  There are more than traffic cameras I can look at.”
    Amy bit her lip and nodded her head.  “ Thank you,” she whispered.  “I know you have other cases and you’re doing this just…” well, she didn’t really understand why he was doing this but she was grateful.  She knew he was a very good detective.
    “I’ll also get you a dashboard camera,” he told her, leaning back in his chair.  “They are cheap and easy to install, easy to use now.  I’ll get you one for your dash and see